Christina Ricci

Despite what she tells various magazines, the girl grew up in Montclair, NJ, about twenty minutes south of New York City. She went to public school through middle school, though this story takes place in elementary. I was in fourth grade, she was in fifth. I was headed to the girls' room with my hallway pass in hand and there she was, the only other person in the hall, and headed straight for me. I knew she didn't like me (I've been a nerd from the get-go) and I grew a little nervous. I was just nervous to pass her--you've all seen her stare. She wasn't famous yet, of course, 'Mermaids' was still a year or two away.

She stopped directly in front of me and looked in my eyes and for no apparent reason she pulled back and kicked me in one shin, then the other. I was too shocked to react. I went to the bathroom and cried. Christina Ricci is very famous now, and I have to laugh. I have had my dignityinsulted many times, but I have only had my shins kicked by one person, and she has been on the cover of Rolling Stone.

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Ricci is arguably one of the most talented actors that has come out of Hollywood.
She was born in Santa Monica, California (February 12, 1980), the youngest
of 4 children. The family moved to Montclair, New Jersey when she was seven.
Around the same time, a movie critic told her parents to get her an agent,
when she was seen on stage during a school play.

Apparantly, her parents divorced after she filmed Addams Family Values in 1993,
and she has not spoken with her father since.

She made her debut with Mermaids in 1990, a title where she played the Kate
Flax, the younger sister of Charlotte Flax (played by nobody less than Winona
Ryder). The movie failed to impress the general audience, but that shed light
on Ricci as a talented, promising actress. As a 10-year old, she didn't
only have the "innocent child" look, but it turned out that she could
actually act.

Ricci's big break-through came with Addams Family, where she brilliantly
played the role of the morbid daughter of the family, Wednesday. After this
she has had roles in a variety of great and not-so-great movies.

Rici was turned down four times for the role of Lolita in Lolita, the
1997 remake of the classic Stanley Kubrick film. The role eventually went
to Dominique Swain.
Ricci was also turned down for one of the lead roles in the 1997 blockbuster
remake of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
Ricci turned down the role of Ronna in the blockbuster hit Go in 1999 because
of scheduling conflicts. (boo!)

Christina Ricci - The Movies
(the stars are ratings out of five of those of the movies I have seen. I decided
not to put synopsis and mini-reviews about the movies I haven't seen. If you
want to contribute with either, send me a /msg)

In this movie, starring Johnny Depp and Benincio Del Toro, Ricci
has a minor role as a stoned-out runaway teen who paints pictures of Barbara
Streisand. The movie is a funny yet fairly non-provoking view of drug
abuse. Also aimed at a narrow audience, it might not be a good movie
for everyone. If you are a Ricci fan, however, GO SEE IT!

This movie gets a two-star / five-star rating. The movie is a big, confusing
pile of shite, and hadn't been worth watching if it hadn't been for Ricci.
her charming role of the sweet, innocent girl named Leiah (?) who gets
kidnapped by Billy Brown (Vincent Gallo) and who decides that being
kidnapped is quite okay is great, this movie is where Ricci
transforms from being a good child actor to a great "proper"
actor.

The Ice Storm is an adaption of a dovel by Rick Moody, in which Ricci
plays Wendy. She plays a satiric, cynical little girl who is completely
obsessed by the Watergate scandal. The movie is quite good and has some
great, pitch-black humour, if you look for it. As with the book, The
Ice Storm is aimed at a fairly narrow audience. Ricci co-stars with Sigourney
Weaver, Elijah Wood and Kevin Kline

The return of the Addams Family! This production was quite a lot more
dark and sinister than the 1991 original, but Ricci's role was better
developed, and the movie as a whole seems funnier than the original.
It established Ricci even more in the film world

To say that this movie flopped is to say it too strongly, bat
at least in Europe it never really caught on. Ricci's role of Jess seemed
badly developed, and (as with many movies built on theatre plays), it
fails to engage the viewer fully.

... was Ricci's major breakthrough. This family comedy about an oddgoth-like family was based on the '60s cartoon drawn by Charles Addams.
The movie's morale is that people should not reject people who are different.
This, combined with having a damn funny script and a shockingly great
cast (with Ricci as one of the true gems), made the Addams Family a
hit.

Ricci plays alongside Winona Ryder and Cher. In Mermaids, Ricci
has her debut as "Kate Flax", the youngest of two childeren
who are constantly embarassed by their mother's (Cher) quest to become
best Catholic in the world, while Kate (Christina Ricci) would settle
being a great swimmer